Garment suspender or holder.



PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

F. SPANINGER. GARMENT SUSIBNDER 0R HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.B 1906.

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UNITED STATJQESMJSEEENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND SPANINGER, OF STUTTGART, GERMANY.

GARMENT SUSPENDER OR HOLDER.

1 "1.) all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND SPANlNGER, a citizen of the German Empire,residing at Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of Wiirtemberg, Empire of Germany,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Suspendersor Holders, of which the following is a description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

This invention relates to garment supporting and adjusting devices, andhas for its principal object to provide a device of simple constructionby which the length of a garment or a portion thereof may be increasedor diminished to suit the convenience of the wearer.

A further object of 'the invention isto provide a device of this type inwhich the parts are so constructed as to exercise a frictional gripwhich will support the weight of the garment while at the same timepermit of ready and immediate adjustment.

With these and other objects inview, as will more fully hereinafterappear, the invention consists in certain novel features of con-'struction and arrangement of parts herein:

after fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor detailsof the structure may be made without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurev 1 is a front elevation of agarment supporting and adjusting device constructed in accordance withthe invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is aview simi-' lar to Fig. 1 with the parts fully contracted.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts .throughout the several figures of the draw- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed October 8, 1906. Serial No. 338,073.

Patented April 16, 1907.

prevent the complete withdrawal of the.

lower member from the intermediate frame. The device is of suchconstruction that the helices-may frictionally grip the arms or bars dand cannot be accidentally moved by the weight of the garments, while atthe same time they may be slid upon the frame d to increase or decreasethe distance between the attaching-studs, and thus alter the length ofthe garment.

The device, while of use in connection with garments of all types, is ofespecial value for adjusting the length of womens skirts, and by sewingthe same either inside or outside the skirt the wearer may raise orlower the hem, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A garment supporting and adjusting device, including a pluralityofslidably-engaging members having terminal coils which serve to bind andhold the sections in adjusted position; substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, end members having terminal coilsand adapted for attachment to a garment, and an inter- FERDINANDSPANINGER.

Witnesses W. SCHWAEBSOH, R. MATHEY-DORET.

